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Letterforms : type design from past to future

Samara, Timothy, author

Overview

Designer, author, educator Timothy Samara is a world authority on type and graphic design. His 2004 Rockport book, Typography Workbook has become an essential reference text for design classrooms and industry professionals. Now, ... he takes readers even deeper, expertly guiding them through the aesthetics as well as the technical considerations of his subject. He begins with an overview spanning the invention of movable type to today's digital typography, and ends with a showcase of contemporary fonts. Samara's true focus in this book is conveying the essentials of type design to practitioners, and thoughtfully and thoroughly explaining and illustrating the development of form and style. He walks you through letter form anatomy, stroke formation and rhythm, tool methodologies, structure and proportion, tool methodologies, and tons more. This all makes for one excellent, timely reference work that designers can return to in designing logos, wordmarks, signage, titling accents, and all of their graphic design work.

• Publisher: Rockport
• Subject: Type and type-founding. / Type and type-founding History. / Graphic design (Typography) / Graphic design (Typography) History.
• ISBN: 9781631594731

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
Z250.S163 2018	2	BOOK	AUTOSTORE